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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+
N281SP is a Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58A+, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1973. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Coastal Air Service INC, a corporation in Panama City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 23, 2011 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; patrolling; other; aerial surveying, dated February 11, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Garlick Helicopters Inc
- Model
- OH-58A+ · all OH-58A+s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 73-21912
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc T63-A-720 · 400 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1973
- Transponder code
- A2D350 (octal 50551520)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 23, 2011
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest control; Patrolling; Other; Aerial surveyingFAA certificate purpose code 1502 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 11, 2014
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00516071
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Coastal Air Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 7424 Coastal Dr
Panama City, FL 32404-4015
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N281SP links to the rest of the register
- Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58 20 registered
- Garlick Helicopters Inc 36 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce T63-A-720 16 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
- Type certificate R00006DE · held by Rotorcraft Development CORP
- Coastal Air Service INC 9 aircraft in the fleet
- Panama City, FL 120 aircraft registered in this town
- Northwest Florida Beaches International · ECP
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Garlick Helicopters Inc OH-58 2 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N281SP, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Coastal Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 23, 2011, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 11, 2014, 41 years after the 1973 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 73-21912 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N281SP according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N281SP: Accident on April 26, 2022 at Oakland, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Garlick Helicopters INC OH-58A+ · operated under 137
The pilot’s decision to continue the low-altitude aerial application flight over water conditions that degraded his depth perception, which resulted in an inadvertent collision with the water.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data